List of environmental organizations

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This is a list of environmental organizations, organizations that preserve, analyze or monitor the environment in different ways. Environmental organizations can be global, regional, national or local; they can be government-run or private.

Intergovernmental Organizations

International organizations and bodies established under international organizations to protect the environment:

• Commission for Environmental Cooperation (NAFTA)
• European Environment Agency (EEA)
• Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
• UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme)

Government Organizations

The governments of all developed countries today have government departments or agencies devoted to monitoring and protecting the environment:

• Environment Canada

• Department of Conservation
• Ministry for the Environment
• Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment

• The Wildlife Trusts

• English Heritage
• English Nature
• Environment Agency (England & Wales)

• Historic Scotland
• Scottish Natural Heritage
• Scottish Environment Protection Agency

• Countryside Council for Wales
• Cadw
• Environment Agency (England & Wales)

• Environment and Heritage Service

• Environmental Protection Agency
• Fish and Wildlife Service

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• [Inter-Tribal Environmental Council]

:*All US states have fish & game departments that regulate local hunting and other taking of wild animals.

Private Organizations (Environmental

These organizations are involved in lobbying, advocacy, or conservation efforts:

International

• Bellona Foundation
• BirdLife International
• The Center for International Environmental Law
• Christian Vegetarian Association - (stresses ecological impact/stewardship)
• Conservation International
• Earth Charter Initiative
• [Earth Policy Institute]
• [ECOresearch Network] - Environmental Communication Online
• Environmental Investigation Agency
• Environmental Law Association Worldwide
• EthicalNetwork.org - Global Online community of environmentalists
• FERN
• Forest Stewardship Council
• Foundation for Environmental Education
• Friends of the Earth
• Gaia Mater (the mother Earth)
• Green Cross International
• Greenpeace
• Friends of nature
• [iNSnet]
• The Nature Conservancy
• Northwest Earth Institute www.nwei.org
• World Business Council for Sustainable Development
• Worldwatch Institute
• World Rainforest Movement
• World Wildlife Fund
• North American Pollinator Protection Campaign
• The Xerces Society
• Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative

• Australian Conservation Foundation

See also .

• [ACTivist Magazine]
• A Rocha
• The Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment
• Canadian Environmental Law Association
• Canadian Environment Network
• The Canadian Institute for Environmental Law and Policy
• The Canadian Partnership for Children's Health and Environment
• David Suzuki Foundation
• Environmental Bureau of Investigation
• Environmental Defence
• Pollution Probe
• Sierra Club of Canada
• Sierra Legal Defence Fund

See also .

• ROBIN WOOD
• BUND (Friends of the Earth Germany)
• :BUNDjugend (Bund's Youth organization)

• Legambiente [legambiente.com]
• Lega Italiana Protezione Uccelli [lipu.it]
• Lega Anti Vivisezione [lav.it]

• Buller Conservation Group
• Environment and Conservation Organisations of Aotearoa New Zealand (ECO)
• Greenpeace Aotearoa New Zealand
• Kiwis Against Seabed Mining
• Native Forest Restoration Trust
• New Zealand Ecological Restoration Network
• Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society of New Zealand
• Save Happy Valley Campaign
• TerraNature
• Trees for Survival
• Waipoua Forest Trust

See also: and [List of New Zealand Environmental organizations]

• North West Parks & Tourism Board Honorary Officer Association[link]
• Friends of the Pilansberg[FOPS]
• Earthlife Africa
• Koeberg Alert
• Cape Town Ecology Group

• Campaign for the Protection of Rural England
• Friends of the Earth England Wales and Northern Ireland
• Friends of the Earth Scotland
• Greenpeace UK
• Town and Country Planning Association
• Transport 2000
• Council for the Protection of Rural England
• RSPB (Royal Society for the Protection of Birds)
• Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment[IEMA]

• American Bird Conservancy
• Association of Environmental Professionals
• Center for a New American Dream
• Center for Transportation and the Environment [link]
• Earth First!
• Environmental Ministry Network
• [Fishkill Creek Watershed Committee]
• Global Environmental Technology & Management
• [Jigeemu.com]
• League of Conservation Voters
• Izaak Walton League
• National Audubon Society
• Nature's Classroom
• Natural Resources Defense Council
• Native Forest Council
• National Wildlife Federation
• Negative Population Growth
• Population Connection
• Rainforest Action Network
• [Resource Renewal Institute]
• Sea Shepherd
• Student Environmental Action Coalition (SEAC)
• Sierra Club
• The Marine Mammal Center
• TreePeople
• Union of Concerned Scientists
• [The Rewilding Institute]
• [White Kiwi Foundation]
• The Wilderness Society
• The Wildlands Project

Other (to be categorized)

• African Conservation Foundation
• The Civic Trust
• Defenders of Wildlife
• Environmental Defense Fund
• European Biomass Association
• GREENGUARD Environmental Institute
• Groundwork
• IPAM - Brazil - Environmental Research NGO
• Israel Union for Environmental Defense (IUED), known in Hebrew as Adam Teva V'Din
• The Town and Country Planning Association
• North American Native Fishes Association
• Transitforum Austria Tirol

See also

• Activism industry
• Association of Environmental Professionals
• Earth Day
• Environment
• Environmental agreements
• Environmentalism
• Green party
• List of civic, fraternal, service, and professional organizations
• List of organizations
• Timeline of environmental events
• World Ocean Day
• World Water Day

External links

(These should be sorted into categories above; those that aren't primarily organizations, but rather websites, should be moved to natural environment)

• [American Conscience] - Equipped with intelligence and a sound conscience, we have the ability to look beyond short term gain to support businesses that will best serve the world that we will share tomorrow.
• [National Environmental Trust] - a non-profit, non-partisan organization that works to inform citizens about environmental problems and how they affect our health and quality of life.
• [Scorecard.org] - lots of info about pollution in your area, just enter your zip code. Colored maps also show how bad certain types of pollution are in your area.
• [Environmental Protection Agency]
• [OEHHA]
• [Environmental Defense Fund]
• [ACTivist Magazine]
• [Industrial Workers of the World]
• [CUSP] - environmental voting records for the United States Congress, including overpopulation-related votes
• [League of Conservation Voters] - environmental voting records for the United States Congress
• [Rachel's Environment and Health News] - Weekly news about how the polluted environment affects people, and what corporations and governments are doing about it. Also in Spanish.
• [Essential.org] - Some organizations related to consumers and consumer protection, including pollution.
• [CleanUp GE.org] - Info about GE's shady dumping practices on the Hudson River.
• [Extoxnet newsletters] - environmental pollution news. Last update 1998.
• [Environmental News Network] - more news
• [Environmental Working Group]
• [Sewage Sludge]

 

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